Holder for paper napkins



March v4 1924. 1,486,079

' J. M. FERNANDEZ 'HOLDER Foa PAPER NAPKINs Filed Aug'. 15 1922 2sheets-sheet 1 llllllllllllllllllllll Il,y /l/ l///////////////////////////lllllull| lllllllllllll March 4, 1924.*l1,486,079

J. M. FER'NANDEZ HoLvERfF'oR PAPE NAPKINS Filed Aug- 15. 1922 4' 2Sheets-Sheet 2 wlw/isses mon/vm Patented Mar. 4, 1924.

1. ,JOHN M. nEnNANDnaor-avnw yong, N', Y. p

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vApplication led August 15, 1922. VSerial No.- 582,080.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN M. FERNANDEZ, a subject of the King of Spain,and a resi-A v dent of the city of New York, borough of@ Manhattan, inthe county of New York and State of New York, have'invented la new andImproved Holder for Paper Napkins,

. of which the following is a description.

-` for the convenienttdelivery of the napkins in single succession.

A more specific object of the invention is to provide a constructionreflecting practical considerations with respect to simplicity ofconstruction, the precision vwith which the napkins are taken insuccession from a stack and especially to provide for preventing thewinding of the napkins about rollers employed for the delivery of thenapkins.

Y Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis speciiication, it being understoodrtha't the draw-y ings are merelyillustrative of one exampl Vofzothe invention.

FiO'ure 1 is a plan view of a holder embodying my invention, portions ofthe cover plate being broken away;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section on the line 2 2, Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a transverse section of the upper portion of the holder asindicated by the line 3 3, Figure 1;

Figure 4 is an enlarged cross section taken through the rollers and aportion of the covcr, the view indicating the manner in which thenapkins are caused to be delivered;

Figure v5 is a cross section through one of the rollers;

Figure 6 is a longitudinal section of the roller as indicated by theline 66, Figure 5:

Figure 7 is an enlarged detail at one end of the rollers as indicated bythe line 7 7., Figure 2. A

En carrying out my invention'in accordance with the illustrated examplea tubular standard 10 is provided, rising from a base 11, said standardsupporting rigidly a box 12 open at the top. The tubular stem 13telescopes in the standard l0 and carries a table 14 at the top adaptedto support a stack of napkins indicated at A. The base l1 may have aytray B. disposedaboutstandard 10! and adapted to receive "miscellaneousample. i f.

Within the tubular stem l?) is a ,c0 il,Y spring 15 resting at.itsulower. endl at they. base of 4articles suchasl condimentholders. forvexstandardlOand exerting its pressure at the .upper endl against .the.table 14 f tending to press fsaid table and the napkins A thereonupwardly. f v

'L A removable cover :16jis .provided on the boX12Uand. inrthedownturnedflanges 20 thereof turns a pair'of parallelroller shafts 17 each havingat one end a; milled head 18 or equivalent means for turning the shafts.Said shafts -1-7are gearedtogether by pin- -ions 19 so that.the turningofgone lwill turn both, the shafts turningtoward eachother.

The napkin pick-uperollers arecompleted by toothed disks 21=rigidlatintervals thereon and sleeves 22 between the.. disks, said -disksserving toaenga'ge and pick up the uppermost napkin. and --cause the fsame to rise in doubled formf-betweenthe rollers asindicated/ata-,Figure 4.l 'f 1 f i `The bore of eachsleeve 22 ismaterially largergthan theish'aft 17` sothat saidfsleeves when pressedagainst by the stack ofnapkins A under the pressure of the spring 15will cause said sleeves to be eccentric to the shaft, the tops of thesleeves rising above the disks 21, the purpose of which arrangement isto prevent a napkin from catching on the disks 21 and winding thereon,the sleeves 22 serving to detach the napkin and cause it to clear thesleeves and disk and rise between the pair of rollers as at a.

The napkin rises through an opening 23 in the cover 16.

The table 14 in practice advantageously is formed with a rib 24 at thetop surface alined with the space between the rollers tov give a bend tothe napkins for the ready gripping of the uppermost napkin by therollers.

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To hold thenapkins in proper form and 'i still permit the top napkin tobe picked up I provide weights in the formV of arms 25 pivoted in theboX 12 and carrying weight rollers 2G resting on the top of the stack ofnapkins. A

At one end ofthe rollers each one of the shafts 17 thereof has a ratchetwheel 26 and adjacent to the same is pivoted a pawl 17 to engage saidwheel for preventing a retrograde movement of the pick-up lie obliquerollers. I provide guards A28 at the endsV of the pick-up rollers, saidguards consisting of plates carried by the cover 16 at the under sideand formed in position to to the sides of the box 12 at the interior ofy arranging thel pick-up rollers and other appurtenances on the coverl'the parts are positioned by the placingof the cover and removed withthe removal of Vthe cover. to afford unrestricted access to the table 14:tor the placing of the stack of paper thereon. v Y

Y I would state in conclusion that While the illustratedv exampleconstitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limitlmyseltstrictly to the exact details herein illustrated, since,manifestly, the same can bey considerably` varied Without departure fromlthe spiritV of the invention as defined` 1in the appended claims.

" Having thus described my invention., I

f claim:

i and a pair'of pickup rollersV above the'sup- Y disks on the l. In aholder'of the class described, a support adapted to receive stackedsheets,

port, each Aroller comprising ashaft, toothed shaft and sleeves looseon'the shaft between the disks and adapted to assume an eccentricrelation to the disks to cause detachment of the sheets tending to Windabout the disks.v

2. iii-holder of the class described support adapted to receive stackedsheets, a` pair Vof pick-up rollers above the the latteras 'shown inFigure V2.

madero tween the rollers and the uppermost sheet of the stack; togetherwith Weights adapted to bear on the stack at each side of the pair ofrollers. Y

4. A. holder of the class described including a support adapted toreceive stackedV sheets, a pair of pick-up rollers above the plane ofthe support, and means toavmaintain contact `between the rollers fandthe uppermost sheet of the stack; together With arms having Weightrollers and pivotally supported in position for the rollers to rest onthe' stack of sheets. Y 5.A holder ofthe class described including areceptacle, a support in said recep' tacle adapted to receivestackedfsheets, a

described includ-' cover' for said receptacle, a pair of pick-up Yrollers carried by saidlcover and adapted to pick up the sheets insuccessiom'and guards on the Vcover adjacentthe ends `of to guide theVsheets betweenithe rollers.Y

JOHN M. ninemsn)isz.

Ythe rollers andprojecting below! the latter

